the front side of Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
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the front side of Ayara, First of Locthwain
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Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Your life total is at least 2.
  2. You control at least one additional nontoken non-Human creature with toughness two or greater.

Steps

  1. Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing Ayara, targeting any other nontoken non-Human creature you control.
  2. Ayara dies, triggering its undying ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. Ayara enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  4. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability from step 1, putting a -1/-1 counter on the additional creature and causing you to draw a card.
  5. Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the additional creature, targeting Ayara.
  6. The creature dies, triggering its undying ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  7. If the creature was black, it enters the battlefield, triggering Ayara, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  8. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on Ayara and causing you to draw a card.
  9. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite card draw.
  2. Infinite draw triggers.
  3. Near-infinite death triggers.
  4. Near-infinite ETB.
  5. Near-infinite lifegain.
  6. Near-infinite lifegain triggers.
  7. Near-infinite lifeloss.
  8. Near-infinite LTB.
  9. Near-infinite sacrifice triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 7540 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Exhibition (Bracket 1+).



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